Less than 1% of professors working in UK Higher Education identify as Black

Figures released in 2022 showed that only 160 academic staff at professorial level identified as Black, equating to 0.7% out of a total of more than 22,000 professors. This data suggests that British universities employ between zero and two black professors highlighting the need to address the inequalities within higher education.

The data on those working in Higher Education is published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency here:

https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff/working-in-he/characteristics